Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel from Zero Hour

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ZERO HOUR begins previews March 26, opens March 28, at 8pm and continues until April 16, 2011.

The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company presents 2010 New York Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance!
“Brochu brings Mostel back to life!” New York Times

The HAROLD GREEN JEWISH THEATRE COMPANY (DAVID EISNER and AVERY SALTZMAN, co-Artistic Directors) presents the Canadian debut of the award winning, off-Broadway smash ZERO HOUR at the Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Avenue. ZERO HOUR begins previews March 26, opens March 28, at 8pm and continues until April 16, 2011.

Synopsis:

With a virtuoso performance by Jim Brochu and direction by the three-time Oscar-nominated actress Piper Laurie, ZERO HOUR is a one-man show about the iconic Jewish star Zero Mostel. From his scarred youth to his triumphs in Rhinoceros, Fiddler on the Roof and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, to being blacklisted during the McCarthy era, Zero Mostel was a three time Tony Award-winning star and one of the more colourful characters in the American theatre. Set in theatre legend Zero Mostel’s painting studio on West 28th Street, a naïve reporter attempts to interview the famously volatile artist, prompting an explosion of memory, humour, outrage and juicy backstage lore. Mostel is remembered for his comedic genius and his definitive roles, but in the 1950’s he was equally known for his place on the infamous Hollywood blacklist.

Jim Brochu’s striking portrayal brings all of Mostel’s swagger, ferocity, intelligence and fantastic wit back to the stage in this mesmerizing and hilarious tour-de-force. Since its Los Angeles Ovation Award-winning debut in 2006, ZERO HOUR has played to sold-out houses all over the U.S. and was named one of the ten best plays of the Los Angeles theatre season (2007) and one of the ten best of the South Florida theatre season (2008). For his extraordinary performance as Zero Mostel, Jim Brochu has been awarded the 2009 South Florida Carbonell Award, the 2010 Washington DC Helen Hayes Award and the 2010 New York Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance.

About Jim Brochu:

Prior to ZERO HOUR, Jim Brochu starred in and co-wrote the Off-Broadway hit musical The Big Voice: God or Merman? called “triumphant and side-splitting – a hilarious and utterly enthralling evening of musical theatre” by the New York Times. His first play, Cookin’ With Gus, a huge hit in Quebec, was recently taped in French by HBO. His acting career has taken him to regional stages all over the United States and his off-Broadway credits are extensive. While working as a young stage actor, he appeared in two legendary television commercials – first as a dancing raisin for Post Raisin Bran and then as the Lemon from Outer Space with Madge the Manicurist for Palmolive.

Jim’s television work includes regular stints as Father James on All My Children, Judge Julius Weyburn on The Young and The Restless and Officer Jerry Chandler on the cult-classic Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. He made his film debut in The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight opposite another newcomer, Robert DeNiro. A friend of Lucille Ball, Jim is the author of the unauthorized biography Lucy in the Afternoon: An Intimate Memoir of Lucille Ball documenting his friendship with the comedy legend. Jim’s caricature hangs on the wall of the legendary Sardi’s Restaurant in New York, a singular tribute to a forty-year show business career as an actor and playwright.

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